Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-24
HOWLING HURRICANE.
Brownsville Devastated by
a Fearful Storm.
A TEN-INCH RAINFALL.
One Million Dollars Worth Of
Damage D0ne-Cattle Killed
and Crops Destroyed.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, September
23.-The telegraph several days ago
gave notice of hurricane southwest
OF Havana, which was moving this
way, and for two or three days the
weather indications showed the ap-
proach of the storm though the
barometer and tide in the gulf which
usually gave warning of coming bad
weather, this time gave no notice of
its immediate approach. At nine
o'clock Tuesday evening norther
that had been blowing for several
days increased in fierceness with
heavy gusts of rain, and in short
time
A HURRICANE
Was on the town in full force, the wind
reaching in the height OF the storm
velocity of seventy-eight miles an hour.
All night long it continued bowling,
the roaring mingled now and then
with the crash of falling house, the
sound of falling trees, the rattling of
fences as they went over, and the
shouts of those deserting their tumbl-
ing residences and imploring aid. The
morning dawned on
A SCENE OF DEsoLATIoN.
Water filled the streets, through
which the roaring north wind drove
the rain like great volleys of small
shot among the fallen trees, and ruins
of houses and PROSTATE fences, half
submerged in water lay rendering
passage difficult and at times danger
GUS.
THE STORM BREAKS.
At 2:3O A. NJ. the wind lulled and
there was almost dead calm. The
wind arose at intervals, but not so Sc
we're until this morning, when it
cleared.
IT LASTED THIRTY-FIvE HOURS.
The duration of the storm may be
said to be thirty-five hours. The rain
fall was very heavy, being 10.4O
inches. The damage in the country
outside of the two cities is incalcu-
liable. Countless head of cattle and
sheep are lost, and crops of cotton,
corn and sugar cane completely pros
trated and destroyed. One rancher on
small place calculates his loss in cot
ton alone at $40, 900, and many others
are equally heavy losers. '9aoi
ONE MILLION DOLLARS LossEs.'l ~
The total of losses will be far be-
yond 81 100000. In Brownsville the
chief sufferers were among the poor
Between sixty and eighty jackals or
cheaper class dwellings have been
blown down and fully 800 have been
partly unroofed and rendered unin-
habitable. There is great suffering
among the poor, many of whom are
without resources. The river is again
very high and overfowing it's banks.
WATER WAIST DEEP.
The lagoon district south of the
Plaza is inundated A large number
of houses have fallen and water is
waist deep. From twelve O'Clock
Tuesday night to noon yesterday the
police, military and many citizens
were engaged in saving the inhabi-
tants and their effects.
AT MATAMORAS
The narrow streets during the storm
were seas of water from ankle to
nearly hip deep. Even in the more
central parts of the town the streets
are all encountered with debris. In
the city about dozen houses of the
better class and fully $50 or 200
jackals were Frustrated, while from
300 to 500 were unroofed or shattered.
Public buildings, stores and the better
class Of dwellings leaked like sieves
and were all ahoat.